There are situations where a package and/or entity and/or field needs to be identified. Their names are typically used in these situations, but they can be long. Fields already have meta-model numbers. If packages and entities also have meta-model numbers, then these numbers can be used instead of their names, resulting in a more compact representation.
There are situations where a package and/or entity and/or field needs to be identified. Their names are typically used in these situations, but they can be long. Fields already have meta-model numbers. If packages and entities also have meta-model numbers, then these numbers can be used instead of their names, resulting in a more compact representation.